Former President Donald Trump may only have a three point lead in a new Florida poll, but he’s still fundraising off of it.
And his campaign operation claims that the “end” of the GOP race for the nomination may be here before it even began.
On the heels of an Emerson College Poll released this week that shows him ahead of Ron DeSantis in a hypothetical Florida Presidential Preference Primary next year, Trump’s political operation sent out an email to supporters Saturday.
“[ALERT] New poll out of Florida” notes, correctly in this case, that Trump “leads the entire GOP field” in the survey.
“This is HUGE, Friend. One of the country’s most trusted pollsters now even shows President Trump WINNING the great state of Florida,” the email asserts.
“There’s no denying it, Republican Primary Voters are UNITING behind ‘Trump 2024.’
Now, on the heels of this new momentum, we have the chance to effectively END the primary TODAY so that we can turn our focus 100% to CRUSHING Biden and the radical Democrats.”
The email then moves to a call-to-action, seeking the largest “grassroots fundraising surge” to date, and offering a 1200% match.
While Trump indeed led DeSantis, 47% to 44%, the Emerson